Japanese folklore

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Japanese folklore

Quality:

Japanese folklore - folk traditions of Japan, expressed in oral traditions, customs, and material culture. Article “Japanese folklore” in English Wikipedia has 45 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 23 references and 15 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 5 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Japanese folklore” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Japanese folklore”, its content was written by 68 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 217 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 665 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2075 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #49445 in September 2018
  • Global: #81282 in February 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #60254 in August 2008
  • Global: #66532 in August 2008

There are 17 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Japanese folklore
44.974
2Italian (it)
Folclore giapponese
39.5942
3Arabic (ar)
تراث شعبي ياباني
34.2153
4Vietnamese (vi)
Văn hóa dân gian Nhật Bản
28.3336
5Russian (ru)
Японский фольклор
26.448
6Portuguese (pt)
Folclore japonês
25.0371
7Uzbek (uz)
Yapon folklori
24.9704
8Japanese (ja)
日本の民間伝承
21.4761
9Catalan (ca)
Folklore japonès
20.5681
10Indonesian (id)
Folklor Jepang
17.6575
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Japanese folklore" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Japanese folklore
1 516 977
2Portuguese (pt)
Folclore japonês
297 722
3Spanish (es)
Folclore de Japón
218 340
4Indonesian (id)
Folklor Jepang
211 014
5Russian (ru)
Японский фольклор
149 422
6Italian (it)
Folclore giapponese
57 692
7Arabic (ar)
تراث شعبي ياباني
37 125
8Polish (pl)
Folklor japoński
22 294
9Japanese (ja)
日本の民間伝承
20 930
10Simple English (simple)
Japanese folklore
18 739
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Japanese folklore" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Japanese folklore
5 211
2Portuguese (pt)
Folclore japonês
556
3Spanish (es)
Folclore de Japón
436
4Russian (ru)
Японский фольклор
436
5Japanese (ja)
日本の民間伝承
337
6Italian (it)
Folclore giapponese
293
7Simple English (simple)
Japanese folklore
132
8Arabic (ar)
تراث شعبي ياباني
90
9Polish (pl)
Folklor japoński
60
10Persian (fa)
فولکلور ژاپنی
55
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Japanese folklore" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Japanese folklore
68
2Spanish (es)
Folclore de Japón
32
3Italian (it)
Folclore giapponese
21
4Indonesian (id)
Folklor Jepang
11
5Japanese (ja)
日本の民間伝承
11
6Portuguese (pt)
Folclore japonês
11
7Russian (ru)
Японский фольклор
11
8Esperanto (eo)
Japana folkloro
10
9Arabic (ar)
تراث شعبي ياباني
9
10Polish (pl)
Folklor japoński
9
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Japanese folklore" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Japanese folklore
4
2Arabic (ar)
تراث شعبي ياباني
1
3Catalan (ca)
Folklore japonès
0
4Esperanto (eo)
Japana folkloro
0
5Spanish (es)
Folclore de Japón
0
6Persian (fa)
فولکلور ژاپنی
0
7Indonesian (id)
Folklor Jepang
0
8Italian (it)
Folclore giapponese
0
9Japanese (ja)
日本の民間伝承
0
10Polish (pl)
Folklor japoński
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Japanese folklore" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Japanese folklore
665
2Arabic (ar)
تراث شعبي ياباني
349
3Italian (it)
Folclore giapponese
298
4Russian (ru)
Японский фольклор
141
5Spanish (es)
Folclore de Japón
118
6Vietnamese (vi)
Văn hóa dân gian Nhật Bản
99
7Persian (fa)
فولکلور ژاپنی
82
8Portuguese (pt)
Folclore japonês
64
9Simple English (simple)
Japanese folklore
61
10Ukrainian (uk)
Японський фольклор
60
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تراث شعبي ياباني
caCatalan
Folklore japonès
enEnglish
Japanese folklore
eoEsperanto
Japana folkloro
esSpanish
Folclore de Japón
faPersian
فولکلور ژاپنی
idIndonesian
Folklor Jepang
itItalian
Folclore giapponese
jaJapanese
日本の民間伝承
plPolish
Folklor japoński
ptPortuguese
Folclore japonês
ruRussian
Японский фольклор
simpleSimple English
Japanese folklore
trTurkish
Japon folklorü
ukUkrainian
Японський фольклор
uzUzbek
Yapon folklori
viVietnamese
Văn hóa dân gian Nhật Bản

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#60254
08.2008
Global:
#66532
08.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#49445
09.2018
Global:
#81282
02.2024

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Japanese folklore from Wikipedia articles about Yōkai, Punisher, Japanese mythology, Oni and Kitsune. Whereas reading the article about Japanese folklore people most often go to Wikipedia articles on List of legendary creatures from Japan, Yōkai, Momotarō, Japanese folktale and Japanese urban legend.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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